Adjustable feed manifolding device



Mar. 3, 1925. n I 1,528,386

` J. Q. SHERMAN ADJUSTABLE FEED IvANIFOLDING DEVICE Filed March 14, 1921 Afawf/a Patented Mar. 3, 1.925.

UNITED .STATES JOHN Q.. SHERMAN, 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE FEED MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

Application led March 14, 1921.. Serial No. 452,185.

To all 'whom t may concern.:

Be it known that'I, JOHN Q. SHERMAN, a

citizen of the. United States, and a resident of the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented,

this specification.

` an aperture engaging,pin.,A A

My invention relates to manifolding devices having an adjustable feed whereby the paper may be fed a desired distanpe over the machine writing table, and also" wherein all webs are aligned with each other during a period when feeding friction is not being applied.

My invention has as its object the provision of devices having feeding peripheries,'which may be extended or diminished at will, in combination with feed pin devices which will pick up the paper by engagement with aligned apertures therein, and feed it along for a short distance thereby aligning the various webs.

In connection with this adjustable feature, it is the object o-f myinvention to provide a clamp for the paper which will engage and positively hold it during periods when the feeding mechanism is moving but not engaging the paper, since without some such device, the machine built according' to my invention will not be entirely foolproof.

As will be evident, to clamp the paper v during the period when the feeding devices are not engaging the paper acts to prevent such slippage as will prevent the paper from shifting about before the pins come around to engage the holes therein, such slippage resulting from laying the hand on the paper, too much tension on the storage roll of p'aperor like causes. g Furthermore the application of my invention in a clampin device has diret interest in any manifoldmg machine which feeds` paper along by ict-ion for a given space and then drops it, yto be 'later picked up by I accomplish th'e'objects above set forth and other advantagesftobe 4noted by that certain construction and arrangement of 4Jparts to 'be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

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In the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation showing the devices of my invention.

Figure 2 is a Idetail'edgewise elevation of the adjustable device for operating the paper clamp, showing it also in side elevation taken from the left of the main view.

Figure 3 is a detail ofthe upper roller.

Figure 4 is a plan and elevation of one of the roller disks.

Figure 5 is an edgewise view ofV one of ythe adjustable paper feeding elements.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the fixed member of the adjustable feed.

Figure 7 is la ike view ofthe movable member of the said feed.

Figure 8 is a side elevation showing the end element of the adjustable clamp operat ing device.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of one of the intermediate elements'of said clamp operatdevice.

Figure 10 is a side elevation diagrammatic of a simpler form offered.

PATENT OFFICE- Y It will be noted that I have shown my invention as applied in an autographic regis# ter, having a top 1, a writing table :2, and` a suitable roller 3, not spring-pressed, whiclrserves as the upper member of a rolling frictionaljfeed for paper, said roll being provided with grooves 4 for the clearance of the feed pin or pins.

.I have not shown the frame-'work of the machine in detail as this forms no part of my invention, it being understood that there will be devices for storing paper and devices for leading it to the level of the writing table, whence it passes between the top and the table to the feedingdevices and from the feeding devices to a. point where it may be torn of.

Machines of this character are often called upon to handle different lengths of revolution for each feeding operation although variants of "this may be adopted without departing from the spirit of my invention.

O11 this shaft are the desired number,

usually one or two, of feeding devices, depending Whether built to be adjustable or not, which extend up through clearance slots 6in the writing table, and engage the paper between them and the upper roll.

These elements, be there one or more, are made up of segmental disks 7, having set screws 8 at their collar portions where they lit over the shaft 5, which will usually be employed. to lock them in a fixed position where they remain at all times, and of disks 9 of somewhat similar character, and having set screws 10 by means of which they are adjustably located radially-of the shaft v`5.

The disks 7 have reduced portions 11, which are terminated by a radially extending pin 12 for engaging apertures formed in the webs of paper. Asshown in the drawings, the feed shaft handle 13 will preferably be in locked position by the spring pin 14, when the feed pin has practically completed its operation and the main periphery of the disks or segment 7 .toslamp the paper between it `and the upper ro The disks 9, are made up with their peripheries on the same arc as the main periphery of the disks 7, and they will thus form continuations of the feeding edges of the disks 7 or overlap the said edges. dependent upon the adjustment of said disks 9 radially of the feed shaft.

It will be noted that thev disks 9 carry pinsy 15 extending from their inner faces, and

that on Vthe feed shaft there are circular disks 16 which maintain a constant contact with the upper roll, keep it away from resting against the writing table where it extends under it and give it a rolling motion. Mounted on the under side of the writing table or on a stud, set at "the desired position in the machine casing, is a lever 17 which is formed with a contactJfinger 18 at its extended end, saidend being also equipped with an anti-frictionL roller 19. The other end of the lever is provided with a stop block 20 -and a post 21 on thel lever carries a small spring 22. which acts against the writing table, to maintain the lever in a position with its contact finger depressed.-

The clearance slot in the writing table at the side where the clamp is located is wide enough for the finger toprotrude through it and contact with the top or lid of the machine without interfering with the feed pin movement. The normal depressed posi- .tion will keep the clamping finger below the level of the writing table.

Mounted on the shaft 5 in a, position to Contact with the anti-friction roller on the clamp lever, is a. device preferably adjustable, that may be and is 'herewith shown as made up of a series of segmental plates arranged in a fan-wise relation.

The segment piece -23 has a collar portion has come into position 24, which is firmly set over the shaft 5 as by a set screwr 25. The pieces 26 having like peripheries to the piece-23 are set loosely over the shaft and the end piece 27 is also loosely mounted on the shaft and kept in place by means of a fixed collar 29.

All the segments except the piece 27 are equipped with pins 28, which engage in curved slots 30 formed in each piece, but the piece 23, so that as the piece 27 is pulled around, the segments will open fan-wise, the piece 23 forming one end of the fan, and the opening depending upon the extent to which the piece 27 is pulled.

On the piece 27 is a post 31, and on one of the feed segments is the post 15 already mentioned. -A link 32 held in place on each post by small thumb screws 33, and 34 respectively, links the two posts together, so

that as the segment 9 is adjusted in its position, the fan-like construction will be opened to correspond.

As will be noted, the parts are 'arranged so that when the feeding periphery of the disk 9 terminates, the perlpheries of the fanlike assembly will come into engagement with the anti-friction roller on the clamping device, so that the clamping finger will be forced up through the writing table slot and hold'the paper fast in its position at the end of the friction feed.

The piece 23 is arranged so that it will just be passing under the roller as the feed pin or pins come up .ready for engagement with ih alignment apertures in the paper being It is not believed to be necessary to trace the sequence of operations, in order to note that the paper will be fed during each complete operation, through a distance corresponding to the extent of the segmental periphery, or the peripheries of the two or more segments, when used, minus the amount of overlap of the segment 9 and plus the distance through which the feed pin engages and draws along the paper and that during the intermissions'when no feeding is taking place, the paper will be clamped tightly against the lid of the machine. In the simpler form of Figure 10 where there is but one segment as at 9, and no pin at all, the clamp will so regulate the feed in connection with the mutilated feeding periphery as to produce a good paper feed. l

Also during the action-of the feed pins there is no friction against the paper, so that the webs may -shift von themselves to come into alignment.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a manifolding device, means having a limitedtp contactual periphery and adapted to feeda plurality of webs of paper in conjunction with a zo-operative roll,

j ,automaticallyoperated to hold the pape-i1 in a fixed position during the period of nonfeeding by the pin or the said periphery.

2. In a manifolding device, a rotary member having a limited contactual periphery and adapted to co-operate with a roller for frictionally feeding a plurality of .Webs of paper, a' movable pin having supporting and moving means causing it to engage aligned apertures in the paper, during a portion of the period of non-feeding by the said periphery, a clamping device; and

means connected to and operating with the rotary member for moving said device into paper clamping position at periods of nonfeeding by the pin or the said periphery.

3. In amanifolding device, a device ad- 4 justable for lengthof feeding engagement With paper Webs, means for ,operating it to feed a plurality of "Webs of paper during a portion only of the movement of said device, said device moving through its complete cycle in `one direction only, a clamping device for retaining the paper in a fixed position, and means for putting said clamping device into operation during non-feeding motion ofthe adjustable feeding device..

4. In a manifolding device, an adjustable device adapted to feed a plurality of webs of paper during a portion only of the/movement of said device, a clamping device for retaining the paper in a fixed position, and means for putting said clamping device into operation during non-feeding motion of the adjustable feedingdevice, said adjustable feeding device having connection with the clamping device to automatically adjust it for duration of clamping action/upon adjustment of the feeding device for duration of non-'feeding movement. Y,

5. In` a manifolding device, the combination offra roll, a paper feedingdevice comprising a plurality of arc-shaped feeding peripheries adjustable to overlap and confine the feed to portions only of a complete circular movement of the device, a support for said device, said peripheries supported 'so as to contact with the roll and a clamping device, isaid'deviceJ having means for throwing it automatically into action to hold the paper against movement during the period of inactivity due to the adjust-- ment of the. feeding peripheries. y

6. A rotary feed element for machines of the character describedfcomprising a feed shaft, and a plurality of segment-shaped pieces having peripheries on the same arc,

y a said pieces having means for mounting them pn said shaft and means for retaining' them 1n position of' desired adjustment axially j tions thereof. i

8. A feed element for machines of the character described, comprising a plurality of members mutually adjustable around a common axis, and having paper feeding means on 'their edges which lie in the same arc, and means for retaining said members in fixed, adjusted ppsitions to'form desired extensions of the same arc in different lvertical planes, a paper clamp, and means for operating it automatically to clamp paper during portions of a complete arc` not filled by said feeding edges.

9. In a manifolding register` a Writing table, and a feeding means for feeding pa.- per` thereover in uniform lengths, said feeding means being adjustable to engage the' lpaper for predetermined portion of each complete operation thereof, so as to feed different. lengths of paperl for single complete operations thereof, said device moving through `its complete cycle in one direction only, and adjustable clamping means to hold paper against movement due to lapses in feeding resulting from adjustment of the feeding means. c,

10. In a manifolding machine, the combination of a shaft serving as a support, members arranged and adjustable about said shaft, and having segmental peripheries of the same arc, said members supported so as to contact with andfeed Weobs of paper, said peripheries adapted upon adjustment to overlap, and form desired extensions of each.

other, a paper clamp and contact means connected to the shaft, and adapted to throw said clamp to. clamping position, said cont-act means, having an adjustable periphery.

i 11. In ka manifolding machine, the combination of a shaft serving as a support, members arranged and adjustable about said shaft, and having segmental peripheries of the same arc, said members supported so as to contact with and feed webs of paper, said peripheries adapted upon adjustment to overlap and form .desired extensions of each other, a paper clam-p and contact means connected to the shaft, and adapted to throw said clamp to clamping osition, said con` 12. In a manifolding register, the combination of a roller, a fan-like feeding device revolubly mounted, andv adj ustablegabout its` axis to present desired feeding arcs against said roller, a papervclamp, and fneans to contact with and operate said clamp comprising a fan-like assembly of plates mutually adjustable about the same tlixis as .the feeding device. j V

13. In a manifolding register,` thev conibination of a roller, a fan-like feeding device. ,revolubly mounted, and adjustable about its axis to present desired feeding arcs against said roller, a paper clamp, and means to contact with and operate said clamp comprising a fan-like` assembly of plates mutually adjustable about-the same axis as the Afeeding device, and connection between the two fan-like devices so that operation of the one to extend or diminish the fan spread will correspondingly extend or diminish the other.

14. In a manifolding device, the combination of a shaft serving as a support, a plurality of feeding segments of like periphery on the shaft, adjustable about the said shaft, a contact roll supported so as to cooperate with said segments to feed paper therebetween, a paper clamp and contact means for forcing said clamp to engaging position, comprising an extendable element connected to the shaft and connected to one ofthe segments whereb the movement of the said segment exten s or contracts the said extendable element.

15. In a manifolding machine, means' having a limited contactual eripher and adapted to feed a plurality ofwebs o paper in conjunction with a co-operative roll and additional means automatically operated to hold the paper in fixedposition during the period of non-feeding by the said periphery.

16.*In a manifol'cling machine, a positively driven means. means contactual therewith and also movable for completing a grasp on the paper by the driven means, fmeans for inhibiting the grasp between said driven and contactual means. and automatic means in addition to the above for engaging and holding the paper against movementduring the period of inhibition.

17. In a manifolding machine, positively Ydriven means, means contactual therewith and also movable for completing a grasp on the paper by the driven means, a movable pin having supporting and moving means causing it to engage aligned apertures in the paper, means for inhibiting the grasp of the driven and contactual means during the period of pin engagement and during an additional period when no grasp or pin eligagement is present, and a device for engaging and holding the paper against movement during the period of non-grasp and non-pin engagement.r

JOHN Q. SHERMAN. 

